PHOTOS
a collection of film and digital pictures. just photographs I'm glad exist.
Happily Ever After
London, UK
Exhibition: International Pop-Up Exhibition — Happily Ever After
Dates: August 2024 — March 2025
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Dates: August 2024 — March 2025
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My soul lives here, apparently.
Istanbul isn't where I'm from. It's where I'm home.
Not every city gets under your skin. This one did. Something about the light, the noise, the way nobody's ever really a stranger here for long — this is where the work stops feeling like work.
Not every city gets under your skin. This one did. Something about the light, the noise, the way nobody's ever really a stranger here for long — this is where the work stops feeling like work.
AWITA
Brooklyn, NY
25 artists selected, one gallery in Brooklyn.
This is the frame that got there.
Awita New York Studio isn't a rental-wall gallery. Founded in 2023 by Turkish artist and curator Gulsum Keskinoglu, it's grown into an international hub for emerging and independent artists. Part gallery, part community, with its own art magazine and a jury seat within the International Association of Art.
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This is the frame that got there.
Awita New York Studio isn't a rental-wall gallery. Founded in 2023 by Turkish artist and curator Gulsum Keskinoglu, it's grown into an international hub for emerging and independent artists. Part gallery, part community, with its own art magazine and a jury seat within the International Association of Art.
Click here to explore!
March 8, Istanbul
Not a celebration. A demand. Loud, on purpose.
In Türkiye, International Women's Day isn't flowers. It's a march against violence. Police lines went up before the crowd did. It didn't stop anyone. Smoke in the air, women showing up for themselves, for each other, for whoever else feels unsafe these days.
In Türkiye, International Women's Day isn't flowers. It's a march against violence. Police lines went up before the crowd did. It didn't stop anyone. Smoke in the air, women showing up for themselves, for each other, for whoever else feels unsafe these days.
NYC series. 2019
Cihangir Block Party
collaboration between NY Bagel & L'Oba Coffee at the heart of Beyoğlu in Istanbul
Hilton Hotel Renovation
One man, over 100 cats.
No salary.
No salary.
Ali Bey has run this shelter in Cihangir for years:
feeding, medicine, whatever it takes.
The donation box does more work than most charities twice its size.
feeding, medicine, whatever it takes.
The donation box does more work than most charities twice its size.
